NISO

The NISO Newsline for December 2004 is now available.

NISO REPORTS

• NISO Hosts International Standards Meeting
• The ARK Identifier Scheme: A New NISO Registration
• Next Generation Resource Sharing
• IETF Approval of NISO's INFO URI Expected
• NISO Metasearch Survey Sets Direction for Standards
• Reminder: Midwinter Meeting 2005

FROM THE MEDIA

• Getting a Handle on Data
• Moving Beyond Metasearching: Are Wrappers the Next Big Thing?
• Breaking Down Information Silos: Integrating Online Information
• Binary XML Proponents Stir the Waters
• EPA Builds a Better Search
• Digital Memories, Piling Up, May Prove Fleeting
• Data-Mining
• Sony Lab Tips 'Emergent Semantics' to Make Sense of Web

Just yesterday I saw mention of the ARK Identifier Scheme for the first time. Now here it appears as a NISO registration. Maybe something to keep an eye on.